Sunday, 1 January 2012

A New Year A New Challenge .... Bring It On!







Hello everyone, hope you have all had a happy and safe start to the new year.

A new year a new challenge .... one of my aims for this year was to join in with the very talented  Kate Crane's  2012 calendar challenge. Last year I oooo'd and ahhhh'd at all the super entries, so this morning I was up and at them determined to join in today's launch of 2012.

Elements Used: Panpastels, Archival Inks, PaperArtsy Fresco Paint, Crafter's Workshop Mask, Stamps by Tim Holtz, Dina Wakely & Misc.

26 comments:

Mandy Makes and Mends said...

Love your page Gillian , the layering is fab x

Brenda Brown said...

So vibrant Gillian with lots of fabulous inkiness. A great start to your new year posts.
luv and hugs {brenda} xoxox

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Great start to your calendar, love the blue and your background. Happy New Year. Tracy x

thekathrynwheel said...

Wow, this is very lovely indeed! The colour is beautiful, and I love all the stamped elements on your page. Welcome to the challenge, delighted to have you playing along. Here's to a great year ahead!

Diane Kelsey said...

A fantastic page for January.

Helen said...

Great work - well done. Maybe I'll join in - next year!

Unknown said...

Wow! Super Beautiful!! Love your stamps and the way you´ve incorporated them in your calendar page! Pia

Anonymous said...

What a great page with lovely colours, makes me want to start art journalling :-)

Here's to a crafty 2012!

Sarah x

Rainbow Lady said...

Fabulous Gillian I love the colours... was thinking of blues for mine as I intend to try to do this this year xx

france papillon said...

yeah, so happy to see we're in this together! it even inspired me to make a little something :))) keeping you posted on that ;)

wishing you a sparkling 2012 :)))

Marjie Kemper said...

I'm with you, Gillian! Joining in this week. Oooh your colors are gorgeous and love love LOVE all the elements. Happy New Year to you and yours!

Milla said...

Oh your page is stunning! Love the gorgeous blue colour and all the details. Looking forward to seeing your February page!

Jo said...

SNAP! Love the layout, both the colours and the stamping. jo xx

Luna Art said...

Fab page, I love the colours and all the stamped images. Look forward to seeing more of your pages over the year x

cookcreateread said...

Oh I love all the details on this page! Gorgeous!

lena-dailyscrap said...

Looking great! Love all the stamping and the colour is just awesome.

flutterbycrafter said...

Gorgeous, love all the stamping, my kinda page

Crafting Queen said...

Great pages.

Minxy said...

Totally awesome page, Loving the splattery background!

The Dolphin Inn said...

Fabulous first page of the year, love your individual style and the vibrancy of your colours, thanks for sharing, cant wait to see more of your fab creations xxx

Artyjen said...

Same here...my first year too ;) Don't know how long I'll last with the challenge LOL! Hapy New Year :)
Great page.
xoxo Sioux

pearshapedcrafting said...

Love your choices - look forward to seeing more!

Sharne Gregory said...

What a great page!!

Hels Sheridan said...

I had mulled it over but I know how rubbish I am with the whole journalling lark so I didn't go for it.. I should have done now... I might still and be fashionably late rofl loving those blues... and the sentiment is perfect for this time of year... big hugs hun xx

Catherine said...

Lovely...and that speckled background is really nice

Anonymous said...

Great pages, especially love the birds!